August 03, 2026 | Source: Visual Capitalist | by Dorothy Neufeld

Global agriculture generated $5.2 trillion in production value in 2024, making it one of the world’s largest industries.

This graphic ranks the world’s largest agricultural economies by production value, based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

China Outproduces the Next Three Combined

China generated $1.9 trillion in agricultural production in 2024, accounting for 36% of the global total. To put that in perspective, China’s agricultural economy is larger than those of India, the U.S., and Brazil combined, the next three largest producers in the world.